Tim's tech blog
Welcome! This is my tech blog, my personal feed, and generally home to some of my private ideas, thoughts, rants, etc...
This blog is powered by my latest blog-engine, which I've built using the powerful frameworks and technologies provided by the awesome Microsoft Web Platform. I developed the web application with the ASP.NET MVC rapid web development framework, and the elegant C# programming language. I crafted the data access layer using ADO.NET Entity Framework. The web application is powered by the IIS web server, and the database is SQL Server. (And Sesame Street was brought to you today by the letter C, etc...)
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Xbox needs Hotmail and Windows Live! (21 April 2010)
The Xbox 360 games console is arguably the best interactive entertainment platform currently available. A wide range of excellent third-party services are available through an Xbox, most of which were implemented in recent months. There's a big adv ...
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New classical music chart launching online today: Classic FM Hall of Fame! (02 April 2010)
Classical Music Chart The official classical music chart for 2010, brought to you by Classic FM, launches today! Classic FM Hall of Fame The public have been voting for their favourite classical music composers and pieces, and the results a ...
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Replacing JQuery slider with MS Ajax slider – a definite win! (08 February 2010)
Allow me to share with you my experience of migrating an important slider control, on the main page of a high-profile web application, from JQuery UI slider to ASP.NET Ajax slider. It was a definite win! var liveFeatures = 'width=380,height=660,t ...
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Highlights from Silverlight User Group UK #11 (04 February 2010)
My top highlights from last night's 11th Silverlight User Group UK at Microsoft's customer service centre in London. [Google's cache of official blog post by the community organisers (blog currently down)] - Event Twitter hashtag: #SLUG ...
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Global Radio launches new online media player (01 February 2010)
The UK's biggest commercial radio company, Global Radio, launched a new version of their famous online radio player today, which I built over the past few weeks using Microsoft's web platform. Powered by the newest and most exciting new web tec ...
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